Comments on: Stupid article on “VideoGame Story Design”

By: adam

adam — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 15:08:32 +0000

“For me a good game is always about making choice” – IMHO, that’s a pretty good starting point if you want a simple description of games. It’s too simplistic for a lot of things, and there is a even a small niche of games for which this is not true, but nothing’s perfect :).

By: Manakel

Manakel — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 11:25:07 +0000

Hello,
The author clearly advocates the niche market of its future game.
And also why the features that are not in his game are not important for gamers.
It’s about managing the hype effect !!!*

I personnaly don’t play much games with great story . I only do multiplayer games. And i see a lot of things that are more important to the game fun (gameplay) that the story behind …
Like choice balance, progress path and rewards, level of mastery… , logic….
For me a good game is always about making choice, difficult choice…
between weapons, between path, betwean factions , between placement etc…

By: Sulka Haro

Sulka Haro — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 06:19:00 +0000

The author of the article clearly hasn’t seen this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYnliHrcQyo

I particularly like the game with story “bricks falling from sky in soviet russia”. :D

By: Matthew Weigel

Matthew Weigel — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 14:49:44 +0000

Reading between the lines a bit, the author(s) of the manifesto are only interested in recognizing, discussing, or responding to AAA games in the “single-player shooter, action and role playing game” genres with “linear, plot-centric” design. Not only are those the only genres they’re interested in talking about, the developers of those games are the only intended audience – I’ve seen the opposite thing, but from inside the intended audience, when people talk about MMOs to an MMO-centric audience.

…and it all boils down to selling Iron Hearts, or at least the author(s) of the manifesto as “who you should hire for YOUR story-driven single-player game.”